Saturday, August 18, 2012

Brighton Metal - Not Quite Dead Yet

The seaside city of Brighton in East
Sussex is a fabulous place for all walks of life, but in particular Brighton
has a great heavy metal scene. Check out Travelodge for
more information on Brighton hotels, because you’ll need to make a good
weekend of it at least. By day, Brighton sports a vast array of shops, from
retail outlets to the quirky small shops found in The Lanes. If you haven’t
been to Brighton before, check into your comfortable hotel and just start
exploring this great seaside resort. You’ll find all sorts in The Lanes,
including antique shops, fabulous jewellers, specialist contemporary and
designer boutique fashion. You could wander these narrow alleys for hours
checking out all the interesting shops here, but no doubt you’ll want to rest
your feet in one of the little cafes or restaurants.

Brighton has hosted many great metal bands in the past, such
as Meshuggah, Nuclear Assault, and Dimmu Borgir and thanks to the university
there are many more metal fans who visit the city and love the atmosphere and
scene. Sadly, one of the smaller venues which was popular for metal gigs - The
Engine Room was closed down in 2010, but the metal will never die! There is
also the veteran Deviant! rock, metal and
alternative club on the first Saturday
of every month for just £4 before 11pm and £5 after.

Because many of the smaller venues have closed down,
Brighton only seems to attract more mainstream metal bands these days. Death
metal band Dying Fetus are visiting the Concorde 2 in September along with
fellow Americans Job for a Cowboy to bring a brutal assault to Brighton.
Grindcore old timers Pig Destroyer are also visiting The Haunt in November as
well as Every Time I Die in October at the same venue. Soil, Fozzy and Breed 77
are at the Concorde 2 for the last night of their UK tour in December. If that
all sounds a bit extreme for you, psychadelic rock band Turbowolf from Bristol
will be dropping into The Haunt too in October.

Also worth a mention is the Caroline of Brunswick - a rock/alternative pub in Brighton that does a mix of live comedy and music.
The main bar events are mainly DJ events with a mixture of goth, industrial,
metal and rock to cater to most tastes. A unique slant to this pub is that they
showcase some of the city’s artistic talent with displays of industrial art,
silverwork and paintings that give this pub a great unique selling point.